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AN 5.19PTS AN 3.13Hita 31 min read

The Welfare of Neither

Tatiyahitasutta

By neither teaching nor practicing, one doesn’t practice for anyone’ good.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.19Numbered Discourses 5.19
  • 0.22. Balavagga2. Powers

0.3TatiyahitasuttaThe Welfare of Neither

1.1PTS 3.14“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu neva attahitāya paṭipanno hoti, no parahitāya.“Mendicants, a mendicant with five qualities is practicing neither for their own welfare, nor that of others.1.2Katamehi pañcahi?What five?1.3Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu attanā na sīlasampanno hoti, no paraṁ sīlasampadāya samādapeti;It’s when a mendicant is not personally accomplished in ethics, immersion, wisdom, freedom, or the knowledge and vision of freedom. Nor do they encourage others in these qualities.1.4attanā na samādhisampanno hoti, no paraṁ samādhisampadāya samādapeti;1.5attanā na paññāsampanno hoti, no paraṁ paññāsampadāya samādapeti;1.6attanā na vimuttisampanno hoti, no paraṁ vimuttisampadāya samādapeti;1.7attanā na vimuttiñāṇadassanasampanno hoti, no paraṁ vimuttiñāṇadassanasampadāya samādapeti.1.8Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu neva attahitāya paṭipanno hoti, no parahitāyā”ti.A mendicant with these five qualities is practicing neither for their own welfare, nor that of others.”

1.9Navamaṁ.